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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
so, umm...how does one make friends?
I know it sounds stupid, but we moved here in February and I haven't really created a group of friends yet. How do I go about making friends? Volunteering? Pick up some women at a bar? 
(I run a volunteer program so the volunteering thing should be obvious to me...)
Re: so, umm...how does one make friends?
I live on the westside... send me an email if you want to get together.
nest.insomniac at gmail
fwiw, I've met all my new LA friends on the Nest or through other people on the Nest. lol
Although I'm stating the obvious you could start volunteering for something you really care about, I think that's a great way to meet people with similar interests. This isn't the easiest city to make friends, as pp stated geography sometimes makes it a challenge but it is possible. Do you like to play sports or work out? Local parks in your area should have volleyball or softball teams you can join. You can also take a craft or sports class at a local community college. I made friends in my spinning class at school and although I'm not really close with them, we still get together every once in a while. HTH!
Most of my friends are from college, grad school or through my hubby, but I do have a couple friends that I get together with that I met on the Knot. Too bad the Nest isn't more active.
You could check out meetup.com. You can join groups that share the same interest as you and check out their gatherings. I just joined a couple of mommy ones to see if they have anything that interests me.
Since it looks like you love food/restaurants, I know a few people who have made friends (and even boyfriends) on Yelp - just by writing reviews or commenting on others. They usually have events and meetups at new restaurants for the regulars.
Silver Lake Wine also does fun, weekly wine tastings on Mondays and Thursdays. You can check into events like that....
I don't live in the Valley, but I'd still be happy to get together for coffee
I saw in another post that you live in Hancock Park/Larchmont? I'm in Hancock Park/Miracle Mile area. If you'd like to meet up sometime give me a shout. cbarnwell at gmail dot com
FYI, since I'm mostly a lurker, I used the Knot when I got married and I'm just getting back on the Nest/Bump now that the dh and I are considering ttc.
check your mail!
Hi ladies...I'm in the same boat! Any recent newlyweds/nesties out there interested in making new friends drop me a line at michelle.sorkin at gmail or you can find me on facebook. :-)